November already..

I feel human again. Which means I now have the urge to clean, eat, sleep, read blogs, do laundry..and even update my blog! I feel productive again! It's such a good feeling. For awhile at the beginning of my pregnancy's I swear I could sleep for 24 hours and still be tired.  I don't care that there is clutter everywhere, I wait til the last minute to do the laundry and I am in a horizontal position any moment I can. And this time I was nauseous up until 12 weeks. I would feel sick and need to eat and then I'd eat and get indigestion. So I just felt sick no matter what. So glad that's over!
I still took a nap yesterday, but I feel so much better. It's so much more fun being pregnant when you feel yourself! :) I even got to feel baby move a couple of times last week. That's one of the best parts. This is why I loved being pregnant so much. From now up until about week 36 when I'm huge and just ready to get baby out and meet him/her.

Speaking of...him/her? We are going to find out..we just have to wait longer than I should have to! My next dr. appt is Nov 22 and I'll be 20 weeks...we would get to find out. But Mike says, "just wait another month and put that bill on the next year's deductible" ugh. understandable, but not fun. So I am going to push my December appt to Jan 2 (or as early Jan as I can get in!). So we won't know til next year! I am still trying to figure out a fun way to announce it to everyone. I feel like another party is a little bit overkill, but it was so much fun. I seriously don't want to just have the ultrasound tech tell us and then go tell our families individually. So I gotta get to researching and find a fun way to do it that isn't as over the top. Who knows..maybe we'll just throw another party. I love to plan them! :)
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James is getting so big! It's amazing how smart he is. He can now sign "milk,cracker,all done, please, more, and bathroom." He doesn't quite give me the bathroom sign when he has to go to the bathroom, but if I say "mommy has to go potty." or "Daddy's in the bathroom" He will do the sign. . He will randomly give me the bathroom sign and I"ll go put him on the toilet, but only once has he actually gone. But I am hoping we are on our way to potty training! :) It just melts my heart when he comes up to me and puts his arms in the air and then does "please" because he wants up. It's so amazing how much is going on in his brain already.

He also learned how to drink out of a straw. So funny. My grandma comes over to visit us about once a week and she will bring my favorite, a scooters Iced Mocha smoothie with her. James became interested in what I was drinking and was so determined to taste it he sucked it right up. And after that...there was no stopping him! I had to pinch the straw so that he didn't drink my whole smoothie! It was decaf..so don't worry I'm not getting him addicted to caffeine quite yet :)

I can't believe we are 2.5 weeks away from Thanksgiving. I'm so excited. I love the holidays. So much family time and such good food. I feel so blessed and I have have so many things to be thankful for.